BEIJING: China recorded 61 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday (Jul 26) – the highest daily figure since April – propelled by clusters in three separate regions that have sparked fears of a fresh wave.
Of the new infections, 41 were in the far western region of Xinjiang, where a sudden outbreak in the regional capital of Urumqi occurred in mid-July.
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Fourteen domestic cases were also recorded in the northeastern province of Liaoning where a fresh cluster broke out in the city of Dalian last week.
Two more local cases were found in the neighbouring province of Jilin near the North Korean border – the first since late May.
The remaining four were imported cases, according to a statement by the National Health Commission on Monday.
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Sunday's COVID-19 figure is the highest daily tally of new cases since Apr 14, when 89 cases, mostly imported, were recorded.
China also reported 44 new asymptomatic patients, down from 68 a day earlier.
Chinese authorities have rolled out mass testing for hundreds of thousands of people in the port city of Dalian.
A second wave of mass testing was also launched in Xinjiang's Urumqi on Sunday to detect residents who had previously tested false negative, reported the state-run Global Times, following a mass testing effort earlier this month.
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More than 2.3 million people in the city of 3.5 million have been tested so far, according to a local press conference Friday.
The outbreaks come as the Chinese Super League football tournament kicked off its much-delayed season on Saturday.
Residential communities in both Dalian and Urumqi have been placed under lockdown, with authorities declaring a "wartime mode" to combat the virus.
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